tour 15 of 16
Vietnam: Behind the Lines
Nguyen Tho (born 1945)
Workers preparing printing machines for press
were supplied with arms such as rifles or carbines. Many of the war
artists published their work in illustrated newspapers and
magazines published in the Quoc ngu
script.
This crayon drawing
is inscribed with the place name Thanh
Hoa.
Nguyen Tho was at the
Middle School of the Fine Arts College, Hanoi before joining the
army at the age of twenty. He was still able to continue his
studies for three to four months a year during the war, although
the college was relocated outisde Hanoi. Nguyen Tho's art
was intended to be inspirational for both civilians and the
military and his daily involvement in the front line enabled him to
record events closely and in great detail.